ERR News readers and story counts agreed that the main theme of 2014 was Russian belligerence, with the Ukraine crisis, the ensuing security instability and US President Barack Obama’s visit named as events with the greatest impact in Estonia in 2014. …read more Source:...

Francois Hollande has called for Western sanctions against Russia to be lifted if there were signs of progress in ending the Ukraine crisis. He’s expected to join Chancellor Merkel at upcoming talks in Kazakhstan. …read more Source: Deutsche...

French President Francois Hollande has said the Western sanctions imposed on Russia “should be lifted if there is progress in resolving the Ukraine crisis.””I think the sanctions must stop now. They must be lifted if there is progress. If there is no progress the sanctions will remain in place,” Hollande told the France...

In a two-hour radio interview on Monday French president François Hollande said that sanctions against Russia should be lifted if progress is made to resolve the Ukraine crisis. He also said Greece should stick to its EU commitments and that he takes personal responsibility for France’s unemployment. …read more Source: The Local...

Former Swedish Foreign Affairs Minister Carl Bildt warns that in 2015 the world will become increasingly dangerous, with a wider conflict possible. Bildt writes about the crisis in Ukraine, the Middle East and North Korea in the Dagens Industri newspaper, MIA correspondent from Sweden reports. …read more Source: Macedonian Information...

A meeting at the level of political directors from the foreign ministries of Ukraine, Russia, Germany and France will take place in Berlin on Monday. The so-called “Normandy format” meeting will discuss the progress in the implementation of the Minsk Accords and the possibilities for a settlement of the Ukrainian conflict, TASS news agency...

A meeting at the level of political directors from the foreign ministries of Ukraine, Russia, Germany and France will take place in Berlin on Monday. The so-called “Normandy format” meeting will discuss the progress in the implementation of the Minsk Accords and the possibilities for a settlement of the Ukrainian conflict , TASS news agency...